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Saturday, February 11th, 2012
1:00 pm [usernamenumber]	Geek House minutes from Harvard Square is seeking a housemate Greetings! If you are or know someone looking for a room in a fun, social geekhaus in the Boston area, I'm moving and looking for someone to take over my room. See the craigslist ad here! http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/roo/2846178077.html (Comment on this)
Friday, February 10th, 2012
9:02 am [thastygliax]	Player seeking game I'm looking for a game to join. I've been playing RPGs for 30 years, and GMed on and off for most of that time. I'm already running one game, though, so I'm looking for an opportunity to gets my kicks as a player. Sundays are best for me, but I can also do weeknights (Tuesday, Thursday, or Friday, currently). I live in Dorchester near Mattapan, but I'm able and willing to travel as far as Somerville, Dedham, or Braintree. The RPGs I know best are D&D, GURPS, BESM, and Cinematic Unisystem, but I'm willing to give many other systems a try, too. I usually prefer fantasy, and have played quite a bit of horror (though I'm a little burnt out on it at the moment). I'll play occasional SF games if they grab me enough, but I'm not really into supers or cyberpunk. If your group has an opening, please let me know! --Tim (Comment on this)
Friday, December 2nd, 2011
4:00 pm [doctoraicha]	PAX East Hi guys. I just bought a ticket to PAX east, and I am trying to find any communities where that is discussed. Do any of you know of any? It's my first gamer con, and first anything that isn't DragonCon, to be honest. Thanks in advance. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Saturday, November 26th, 2011
5:30 pm [peechiz]	Nerd seeks nerds for nerding Hello! I'm newish to Boston, and I was wondering where Boston's gamers hung out when PAX East wasn't going on. Some googling sent me here. I'd love to meet some new people outside of grad school and get my gaming fix with some new friends. If you know of any semi-regular game nights, I'd love to hear about them. I'm open to any kind of games, but I definitely lean toward the board and card variety. I have very little experience in a legitimate RPG (my friend runs his own homebrew RPG... ask me about Kabob) but I'm totally willing to learn in return for some semi-regular socializing. Nice to meet you, and if you'd like to e-mail me directly, the address is cimpicci AT gmail Toodles! (5 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, November 12th, 2011
11:20 am [crazycongirl]	TotalCon 26 (Feb 23-26, 2012) in Mansfield, MA Total Confusion 2012: Come for the games, stay for the party! www.totalcon.com TotalCon is taking no chances. If the world is going to end in 2012, we want to go out with our dice flinging in the air so we are preparing to offer a fantstic event packed with all the best that our gaming community has to offer. And you are an important part of this celebration! TotalCon is actively seeking GM's for all typs of games and players to come and enjoy these events. GM's get reimbursed their badge cost (days or full weekend depending on the number of hours you volunteer running games). TotoalCon already has some great things lined up: National and Local Industry Guests of Honor Iron GM competion Full Rpga and Pathfinder areas with the lastest mods and battle interactives Full Old School RPG area Small Press RPG's hosted by our Industry Guest Stars The Dice Tower Podcast with Dice Tower hosted board game events Full library of games from classics to the lastest favorites for casual gamers Several NE Regional Board Game Championships Miniature Paintings hosted by The Muse's Touch Miniature Painting Classic BattleTech, BlackPowder Miniature event, Car Wars, 40K tournament Exhibitors and Vendors Movie screenings including Going Cardboard: A board game documentary Special performances presented by RKO Army: Rocky Horror, Repo. The genetic opera, Dr. Horrible's Singalong Blog. And Buffy, the musical Cube of death: watch our panel of industry guest battle wits in a trivia game show about everything gaming and geeky, better yet, join their team and help your favorite star bring home the crown! Panels on all things hobby related. Plus a full line-up of gaming in all genres with the largest selection of scheduled events to choose from in the New England area. And again... this is only the beginning! Your help and participation will bring this event to the next level and worthy of a world ending gaming celebration. Full details at www.totalcon.com TotalCon will be held Feb. 23-26, 2012 at the Holiday Inn in Mansfield, MA just 30 minuttes from Boston, MA off exit 7a on route 95 MA with bus routes dropping off a little under 2miles away from the hotel. Complimentary shuttle service for registered hotel guests. Current Mood: excited (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Wednesday, October 19th, 2011
1:23 pm [kinnerc]	Tomorrow in Boston's South Station! Like chess? Interested in playing? Want a chance to play against the Best of the Best? Here is your chance! The Boylston Chess Club Presents The Simul in South Station ( Want to See Who You'll Be Up Against? ) Featuring 3-time US Chess Champion Grandmaster Larry Christiansen vs. 20 Simultaneous Players When: Thursday, October 20th, 5PM Where: South Station, Boston (on the Red Line) The games will take place right under the Train Schedule! Admission: FREE to watch; FREE to play (Contact boylstonchess@gmail.com to sign up) Alternates and Extra Seats will be available the day of the event! Prizes for anyone who can beat Grandmaster Christiansen! Please come and help us make this a special event. (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Tuesday, August 23rd, 2011
4:20 pm [thastygliax]	GenCon swag for trade I attended my first GenCon earlier this month, and unsurprisingly, came home with a lot of swag. Some of it's stuff that I'm never going to have a use for, but one of you other gamers out there might: Tinker, Spacer, Psion, Spy: The Twilight Sector Companion, for Traveller (Terra/Sol Games) Claws of Pelazin, a 1st-3rd level Pathfinder adventure (Silver Crescent Publishing) Rift, a fantasy adventure PC game (Trion) Two demo decks for Magic: The Gathering (one blue, one white) True Dungeon tokens (13) I'm hoping to trade these items for other gaming material, such as RPG books (I mostly play D&D 3.5 and BESM, but I'm interested in several other systems), D&D minis, Cthulhu Mythos toys or games, or LEGO minifigures (yes, I consider those "gaming material"!). If interested, reply or message me with an offer. (2 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, July 15th, 2011
9:19 am [balsamicdragon]	Please vote for me to be an ENnie Judge! It's voting time! Please please, if you have a few seconds, click here: http://www.ennie-awards.com/vote/ and vote for me to be an ENnie Judge! You can take a look at my profile here: http://www.ennie-awards.com/blog/?page_id=2370 It'll be a blast if I win, and I will get to playtest a ton of games in the greater Boston area! Thank you for your support! Viv (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, June 17th, 2011
4:16 pm [medievalbooks]	NPCs and PCs needed for Isles : Purgatory Sation June 24-26th You are invited to join the opening season of the Second Campaign in the setting of THE ISLES. A month has passed since the first wave of new citizens arrived from the Empire of Hardestaan in the frontier-town of Purgatory Station. An uneasy balance and truce has been struck between the new townsfolk, the native inhabitants, and the alien Galeesh. Now the festival of Vestalia looms. This is a chance for the townspeople to improve their standing in the eyes of the local community, but what deeper meaning lurks beneath the seemingly innocent festival rites? How are the spirits of the Court of the Sun involved? Will the festival bring them closer to the locals, or drive a spike through their attempts at diplomacy? Join us in The Isles: Purgatory Station. We are seeking PCs and NPC’s June 24th-June 26th at Ye Olde Commons in Charlton, Mass. ( Read more... ) (Comment on this)
Tuesday, April 5th, 2011
10:34 am [thastygliax]	In search of a new game I have a weekly Saturday role-playing group, but my Sunday group is between games and hasn't met since December. I'd like to do more gaming on a regular basis, so I'm looking for a new campaign to join, preferably every other week or so. Sundays are by far the best day for me, but I may be able to do other times on an occasional basis. I live in Dorchester, between Codman Square and Mattapan Square, but I'm able and willing to travel as far as Somerville or Braintree. I prefer fantasy and horror most, and I'll play occasional SF games if they grab me enough (Serenity, for example), but I hardly ever play supers or cyberpunk (and I'm already in one supers game). I own and would like to try (or play more of) D&D 4E, A Song of Ice and Fire, True20, GURPS 4E, Ghosts of Albion, and Call of Cthulhu, but I'm willing to give plenty of other systems a try, too. In case you're curious, here are links to lists of games I've played and games I own. If your group has an opening, please let me know! --Tim (18 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, March 4th, 2011
8:33 am [xixecal]	Any P&P RPGs starting up or looking for new members? Do any of you fine folks know of a P&P RPG in the area that is looking for new players? Pandemonium Books doesn't seem to have a lot going on right now. I've got quite a lot of D&D experience, plus some with White Wolf and various homebrew systems. Anybody recruiting? Current Mood: curious (4 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, February 16th, 2011
3:00 pm [smoagendash]	Free Movies Passes! We just got a bunch of free passes to a screening of HALL PASS, at 7pm on Tuesday, Feb. 22nd at the AMC Loews Boston Commons 19. No, it's not genre, but it's free. (Comment on this)
Monday, January 24th, 2011
11:55 am [kgb666000]	Special Magic the Gathering Prerelease this Sunday!! Mirrodin Besieged Prerelease Sealed Deck Tournament Where: Worlds Apart Games 48 N. Pleasant St (Down town Amherst between the ABC and the fire station) Amherst, MA 01002 413-259-6893 www.worldsapartgames.org When: Sunday, January 30th 2pm (Registration begins at Noon!) What: Sealed deck tournament with prizes Entry Fee for this event will be $25.00 Tournament Structure: The format for this event is a Swiss Rounds Sealed Deck Tournament using Boosters of Mirrodin Besieged and Scars of Mirrodin. Each player will build their decks from their boosters adding as much basic land as they wish, to construct a deck of at least 40 cards. We will have basic land on site that may be borrowed for this event, just please make sure that you return any land that you borrow. Prizes: For this event, we have the following up for grabs.... All entrants will also get a pre-release foil promo card (while supplies last) of either Hero of Bladehold or Glissa the Traitor.</span></span> Mirrodin Besieged and Scars of Mirrodin Packs will be awarded to the top placers (total prize pool based on attendance) The remaining 10% of the prize pool will be given out as random door prizes throughout the tournament. Card Boxes, Temporary Tattoos and other merchandise will also be given out as door prizes and to the top placer(s). Open Dueling - Players who are new to the game may want to join in the festivities without being in a tournament. That Cool! There is open dueling all Sunday with brand new intro packs,and booster draft sets. Plus, a promo card will be awarded if you fill out your open dueling card!!! (While supplies last) Current Mood: excited (Comment on this)
Friday, January 14th, 2011
7:29 pm [gingin1968]	Players Wanted: IRON GM SEMI-REGIONAL Total Confusion is the second host site for the IRON GM Semi-Regional Competitions leading to the WORLD Title Event at GenCon 2011 where role-playing becomes a competitive sport!! Several of the most talented GMs from across the region are coming in to be challenged for a chance to represent NEW ENGLAND at GenCon 2011 and be crowned the World's BEST IRON GM.  They will get three "ingredients" announced on-site and one hour to create a role-playing scenario to entertain, thrill, and challenge you like never before!  The winning GM gets a free trip to GenCon 2011 Players are needed.  YOU are the judges of this competition but you don't get off so easily either! You also have to create characters based on certain unknown "ingredients!  You must challenge yourself and the GMs to create a one of a kind, never duplicated event that will be legendary!! BUT wait, there is more!!  Dice are pelleted at people, Bonzai is shouted from tabletops with each D20 rolled, prizes and trickets are won!!  FUN AWAITS YOU at IRON GM/TOTALCON.  Register early, space is limited!! *based on 3.5 rules system Check out the video from the first IRON GM event in Las Vegas this past November: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8ml5NOorMQ All GMs and Players are eligible to win prizes from the sponsors of IRON GM.  This event will be held Feb 26, 2011 10am-6pm at TotalCon 25 at the Holiday Inn in Mansfield MA. Register at www.totalcon.com (2 Comments |Comment on this)
7:09 pm [gingin1968]	TotalCon 25: February 24-27, 2011: Got Silver? This year, TotalCon is celebrating 25 years of gaming in our community. For those who have never been, this is the year to visit. For those who have not been in a while, this is the year to come back!! There are events and Guests that are coming that have never been in our area before! TOTALCON 25 FEB 24-27, 2011 at the Holiday Inn in Mansfield, MA (free parking, T into Mansfield Station w/free shuttle service for registered hotel guests) right off rt 95 MA (exit 7a) www.totalcon.com Highlights: Frank Mentzer and Tim Kask (some of the orginial remaining TSR, Inc partners with Gary Gygax) coming in to sponsor a special OLD SCHOOL RPG area! Over 25 old school games offered plus a special meet-n-greet with them on Friday afternoon! INDUSTRY GUESTS: Mark Edwards, Andre Kruppa, Jay Libby, Brad Younie, Jeff Talanian, James "Dregg" Carpio, Ben Gerber, Don Higgins, Rone Barton, Lou Argesta, Peter "Blix" Bryant, Ethan Gilsdorf, Frank Mentzer, Tim Kask, Tom Vasel, Eric Summerer, and Jim Reed IRON GM SEMI-REGIONAL COMPETITION: GMs and Players get three indregidents to create scenario's and characters in one hour then settle in for 4 hours of role-playing madness. All participants get chances to win prizes. Players get to judge the GMs and the Winning GM wins a trip to GenCon 2011 to represent New England for the national title!! Space is limited, register early!! THE DICE TOWER: Nationally known boardgaming podcast with hosts Tom Vasel, Eric Summerer, and Jim Reed will be on hand running events, tournaments, and doing a podcast from TotalCon 25! GAME PANELS: Learn about game designing, creating scenario's and more from the best in the industry hosted by Peter Blix Bryant and friends plus SPECIAL Bonus: Come see his LIVE TRIC-TRAC podcast. FLAMES OF WAR NATIONAL QUALIFIER, GIANT MONSTER SMASH, NE REGIONAL CAR WARS CHAMPIONSHIP, CLASSIC BATTLETECH, TC CIRCVS MAXIMVS AND MORE! MOVIE PREMIER!!  Ninja Zombies from local movie producers :) NORTH AMERICAN CATAN CHAMPIONSHIP: Win a trip to GenCon 2011 for a 1 of only 32 seats for the North American Catan Championship. Winner of NACC gets a free trip to the Worlds in 2012. 10 New England Regional BoardGame Championships Full RPGA and Pathfinder areas, both with Battle Interactives! Over 400 events, 17 Industry Guests running events, dealer hall, exhibitors, and more await you. Check it all out www.totalcon.com  Don't settle for less! Come join the fun. Current Mood: excited (1 Comment |Comment on this)
Sunday, January 9th, 2011
9:03 pm [darkshadow316]	Selling my collection for charity. Hey gang, I am clearing out my closet and selling off a lot of my gaming and book collection with the majority of the money going to charity.  The charities I am supporting are the American Cancer Society, Canine Assistance (a group that trains dogs for disabled people) and a local animal shelter which rescues animals from other shelters before they are put down. Please check out my auctions and bid if you see something you like.  They are all starting at a penny and I have some rare out of print items up for auction. Tell a friend http://shop.ebay.com/garagefree4all/m.html (Comment on this)
Wednesday, November 10th, 2010
12:39 pm [smoagendash]	Iron Gamer Events Available For Pre-Registration! hey all, The Iron Gamer Challenges are up on a Warhorn site and are available for pre-registration.  Go to:  http://warhorn.net/pandemonium-iron-gamer-challenge/ to sign up! ( Here's a quick summary of the events: ) (Comment on this)
Thursday, October 7th, 2010
9:37 am [crazycongirl]	Call for GMs: TotalCon 25 Feb 24-27, 2011 in Mansfield, MA The BEST or Nothing... That is what a 25 year gaming celebration demands and we can not do it without YOU! TotalCon is opening it's event submissions for the 25th annual Total Confusion Game Convention to be held February 24-27, 2011 at the Holiday Inn in Mansfield, MA. We hope that you will consider running an event (or more) and make this a fun and memorable event for the entire gaming community. Click here for forms, information, and contact information: http://www.totalcon.com/GameMasterInfo.html and we have a new on-line event submission form: http://www.totalcon.com/GM_Registration.php TotalCon offers GMs: 1 day registration* for 4 hours of game time 2 day registration* for 8 hours of game time Full 4 day registration* for 12 hours of game time 4 day registration* and free official TotalCon t-shirt for 16 hours of game time and 4 hours slots above 16 hours gets the accumulated benefits plus one ticket to the prize room per slot. *GMs receive reimbursement once yourvolunteer/game hours have been completed. Please submit your events early for the best choice with time slots and days and to be listed in the on-line pre-registration list and on-site book. If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us. We've got some GREAT things already lined up including lots of Guests of Honor including Frank Mentzer (founder of the RPGA, game designer, and more!) and Tim Kask (1st full time employee at TSR, Inc, editior to Gary Gygax, creator of Dragon Magazine, game developer and so much more!) Both will be running a special Old School RPG area for players in New England. We are host to a World Wide Catan Championship Pre-Qualifier (winner gets a trip to GenCon 2011), 10 NE Regional boardgame championships, Giant Monster Smash, Car Wars Tournament, BattleTech Tournament, Flames of War Blitzkrieg Battles for miniature fans and more! Plus small press guys like Jay Libby(DillyGreenBeanGames), Brad Younie(Carnivore Games), James Carpio (Chapter13Press), Peter "OttoBlix" Bryant(Fringeworthy/TricTracGames),Andre Kruppa (Call of Cthuhlu Theatrical GM), Mark Edwards (writer Catalyst Game Labs) and more. Special treat for Pathfinder fans...Ben Gerber creator of the World of Aruneus - a high fantasy zombie apocalypse and has published several expansions for the Pathfinder, including the Aruneus source books will be running events. Plus one of the largest RPGA events in the NE area...our coordinators are working hard to make sure we get the latest events hot off the press from DDXP. If you love gaming, you won't be disappointed!! TotalCon 25 is the event you don't want to miss! Can't wait. Current Mood: excited (Comment on this)
Monday, August 16th, 2010
2:56 pm [unquietsoul5]	Hmmmm Anyone here know what may have happened to rpgbomb.com ??? They have been offline for a week and now their server had gone to a 'Default Web Site Page' as if they had a crash or someone hijacked their domain name or something. (3 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, July 21st, 2010
8:12 am [sagawizard]	************************************* CALL FOR PLAYERS FOR "THE PLAGUE OF MANKIND: A TECHNOCRACY GAME" ************************************* "The plague of mankind is the fear and rejection of diversity. The belief that there is only one right way to live, only one right way to regulate religious, political, sexual, medical affairs is the root cause of the greatest threat to man: members of his own species, bent on ensuring his salvation, security, and sanity." ~Thomas Szasz This is an open call for the kick-start of a White Wolf: Technocracy game (based around 2nd ed Mage rules, maybe some 3rd ed stuff in there as well but mostly "old school"). MEETING SCHEDULE: * Biweekly, in the evening. Right now I could do Tuesdays or Thursdays. LOCATION: Somerville IDEAL GROUP SIZE: 5 CONCEPT: A rookie amalgam of agents assigned to investigate weird happenings, reality deviants,etc. Relatively low-level characters (at first), facing "the darkness" together, growing from the experience. Emphasis will be on character development and story. Yes, there will be plenty of combat, but combat will *serve* the story, not *be* the story. It's more "X-files" or "The Dollhouse" than "Men in Black." SETTING: Present day United States. Your amalgam is based in a major city but will travel all around the country and internationally as well. At this point your character has already joined the Technocracy, and possesses a low-level understanding of the Technocratic Union -- they're some sort of secret organization, connected to law enforcement, with access to Stuff That The Masses Don't Know About -- but that's it. Be advised that I will not be keeping strictly to the White Wolf canonical universe. So just because you THINK you know what the Akashic Brotherhood is like, for example, you just might be surprised. :) MOOD: Dark and conspiracy-ish, as you might expect, plenty of paranoia, but also an element of idealism Again, think Mulder and Scully - folks basically out to "serve and protect," even though alliances are tangled and morality gets a little gray. Hoping for some good, in-character interactionsŠI'll bring the twisty plots, you bring the Really Good Roleplaying (tm). I have the basic architecture of a story arc, which I will of course modify as needed to fit the individual histories, goals and actions of your characters. Which brings us to... CHARACTERS: 1. By the time the game begins, your characters should know that there is "more out there in heaven and Earth" than the mundane world wants you to know. What was the Big Event that made your character realize this - that Awakened (er,Enlightened) him or her? 2. Your character should have beliefs. What I mean by this is, when you design your character, you should specifically map out where they stand on issues like: >* Individuals' rights to privacy vs. the masses' right to public safety >* Level of trust in law enforcement >* When it is and isn't okay to take a life (especially an "innocent" life) >* What kinds of crimes (or criminals) deserve >clemency, and what kinds deserve no mercy at all >* Any other particular beliefs or positions 3. Sketch out what events in this character's life might have led him/her to hold these beliefs. 4. There is of course a balance hereŠtry not to make a total nutcase ideologue - they don't tend to be team players, and these characters DO have to work as a team. Holding beliefs doesn't mean prosthelytizing, or smacking everyone over the head who disagrees with you. If your character has a tendency to be combatative, create some reason why he/she keeps it in check most of the time. The arguments should come out at key dramatic moments, as opposed to over who gets to drive the car. :) 5. Your character has joined the Technocracy for some reason. What is that reason? Were they enticed? Forcibly recruited (if so, why do they stay? True prisoners make for poor agents, although blackmailed/pressured ones might do fine)? Did they knock on the door and demand to be let in on the conspiracy? 6. As a "character" itself, the Technocracy in this game is neither heroic nor the Evil Empire - it's nuanced, as are its enemies, and your characters, while they need not be starry-eyed optimists (or dogmatic ideologues), should at least think of themselves as "the good guys" in some way shape or form. Of course, let us not forget that some of the worst atrocities in human history were perpetrated by folks who believed they were on the side of the angelsŠ 7. Nuts and bolts: * Your character can be from any of the five conventions, although of course we want a balance of character specialities to ensure everyone has That Thing They Do Better Than Everyone Else. * However,Škeep it human. No T-1000's or far-out Frankenstein steroid men, although some manner of subtle cybernetics or gen-mods are par for the course. * What if you want to play another White Wolf kind of character? Hunters are the most likely folks to be in the amalgam, although low-level stats are a must - Hunters can get very twinkish very quickly. Non-technocracy-mages are a possibility with a really good explanation. Werebeasts are straight out. VampiresŠonly REALLY high-gen ones (i.e., young, low-level), with a damned good reason why they're working with the Technocracy (I'm thinking a Spike-style "chip in the brain"). Wraiths? Perhaps. Again the damned good reason rule applies. 8. Remember the cardinal rule, though - inexperienced, pretty weak characters, who have to rely on brains and creativity as much as firepower. ABOUT THE GM I've been a GM for about 20 years now; I've been an occasional freelance writer for White Wolf and a few other things. I try and run games where story and character predominate; I am not above fudging the rules here and there for story's sake. However, I have little patience for outright munchkinism, simply because it renders stories ridiculous. :) WHEN DO WE START? Soon. Maybe even next week? INTERESTED? If so, please email me with your ideas for a character you'd like to play (don't worry, I won't hold you to it, I'm just trying to get a sense) Thanks for your time. Have a great day! - David "Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it." - George Bernard Shaw (1 Comment |Comment on this)